Cowboy Posted February 22, 2019 Share Posted February 22, 2019 http://www.sportingnews.com/us/nba/news/nba-submits-proposal-to-lower-draft-age-from-19-to-18-report-says/a3ga5s5yqw101pwyc8s8z66jp -from the NBA commissioner on the topic “My personal view is that we’re ready to make that change. … When I’ve weighed the pros and cons, given that Condoleezza Rice and her commission (On College Basketball) has recommended to the NBA that those one-and-done players now come directly into the league, and in essence the college community is saying we do not want those players anymore," Silver said. "That sort of tips the scale in my mind that we should be taking a serious look at lowering our age to 18.” Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billikenfan05 Posted February 22, 2019 Share Posted February 22, 2019 3 minutes ago, Cowboy said: http://www.sportingnews.com/us/nba/news/nba-submits-proposal-to-lower-draft-age-from-19-to-18-report-says/a3ga5s5yqw101pwyc8s8z66jp -from the NBA commissioner on the topic “My personal view is that we’re ready to make that change. … When I’ve weighed the pros and cons, given that Condoleezza Rice and her commission (On College Basketball) has recommended to the NBA that those one-and-done players now come directly into the league, and in essence the college community is saying we do not want those players anymore," Silver said. "That sort of tips the scale in my mind that we should be taking a serious look at lowering our age to 18.” I feel like he's completely off base here. I don't think colleges are saying they don't want these players. One and dones do raise the level of College Basketball, it's more that the majority opinion is that the rule you have to go to college for at least a year is completely pointless. It feels like he's dumping blame on the NCAA when it's the NBA's rule. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clocktoweraccords2004 Posted February 22, 2019 Share Posted February 22, 2019 This would only helps schools in the A10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Littlebill Posted February 22, 2019 Share Posted February 22, 2019 50 minutes ago, billikenfan05 said: I feel like he's completely off base here. I don't think colleges are saying they don't want these players. One and dones do raise the level of College Basketball, it's more that the majority opinion is that the rule you have to go to college for at least a year is completely pointless. It feels like he's dumping blame on the NCAA when it's the NBA's rule. College community doesn't necessarily mean college basketball. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RiseOfTheBillikens Posted February 22, 2019 Share Posted February 22, 2019 1 minute ago, Clocktoweraccords2004 said: This would only helps schools in the A10 Not necessarily true. High majors would be going after lower quality players because the usual one and dones aren't playing in college. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillsBeliever!!! Posted February 22, 2019 Share Posted February 22, 2019 26 minutes ago, RiseOfTheBillikens said: Not necessarily true. High majors would be going after lower quality players because the usual one and dones aren't playing in college. To be fair there are really only 5-10 one and dones a year Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoosierPal Posted February 22, 2019 Share Posted February 22, 2019 8 minutes ago, BillsBeliever!!! said: To be fair there are really only 5-10 one and dones a year Last year there were 19 freshmen selected in the two round NBA draft. Mock drafts for 2019 have 18 plus or minus. I agree this won't be even noticed in the A10. The significant impact with be at Duke and KY who usually have combined about 25% of those selected frosh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billiken_roy Posted February 22, 2019 Share Posted February 22, 2019 1 hour ago, Clocktoweraccords2004 said: This would only helps schools in the A10 Not really as those one and done roster spots will be filled with the next level of players and then those spots filled with billiken like players. Its all relative. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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